Mining Incidents

Transit Rock Crusher: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Dean Word Company · Surface
Tom Green County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103024

MSHA record for Transit Rock Crusher (mine ID 4103024). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Dean Word Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Transit Rock Crusher sits in Tom Green County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Tom Green County, Texas · Population 119,398
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$66,254
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 10, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Dean Word Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING GRINDER AND NOT WEARING GOGGLES.